Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 5958 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5958 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

5958 kt → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 5958 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 10055.9711286 ft/s

The final result is:

5958 kt → 10055.9711286 ft/s

We conclude that 5958 knots is equivalent to 10055.9711286 feet per second:

5958 knots = 10055.9711286 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 9.9443404044379E-5 × 5958 knots.

Another way is saying that 5958 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 9.9443404044379E-5 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand nine hundred fifty-eight knots is approximately ten thousand fifty-five point nine seven one feet per second:

5958 kt ≅ 10055.971 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand nine hundred fifty-eight knots.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second